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Shred,
That sounds pretty frustrating...hang in there.
What I've found is that you have to get people into the tent (aka a live show). I have given out cd's as gifts, loaned people cd's and dvd's and have mostly gotten polite responses of "yeah, he's pretty good". But when I've taken people to a live show, I bet I've had at least 90% of the people really excited "WOW, I knew Joe was good, but I HAD NO IDEA how good he really was!"

Just like sales, every no is a step closer to YES,  I GET IT
                                      pattyluvsjoe

P.S.  I vote "Heck yes bother!"

"I'm not nice to any guitar!"     
                 Joe Bonamassa 05-03-12

JBLP CHILD #184

Well said Sister Cate.  People go oh damn, here comes the funky Dr, gonna tell us we're all sissified white trash and not blues guys, when I walk into a club.  They hate me, but they know where I stand.  And when I do say, that was real good when you switched over to that minor pentatonic against the 5 chord...tension & release to the resolve on the one, these young guitar players get bug-eyed...then they go wow thanks jeff did you just compliment me?  But how did you know what...???  But it's not cool for the crowd to admit anything to one another while standing around with their arms folded.  Dang guitarists. 

However the next time I walk in to a blues jam, somebody will ask me (irascible curmudgeon dat I'm is) to play, maybe.  That's a hit!

Plumb chatty today.  Somebody put one on me last night.

Namaste.  Sol Invictus is upon us.  Love, Jeff

Dave i've Come Across this so many times , and it does get you down sometimes , but hey it's their loss , you just gotts to be thick skinned , i've spent hours doing cd's & dvd's trying to enlighten people to joe's mastery , but you know their just gonna , go oh yeah and then move on to and then there's the great feedback you get sometimes be it thru e-mail or just friends who come back with positve/genuine remarks and THERE you've done your little bit for the Street Team , But above all you do it for your self , because of the enjoyment you've got from it you want others to experience and feel it too . if you can turn 1 out of say 1 show , i would say that's progress , but if you dont ... hey don't let it spoil your own enjoyment for joe's music , but i've had that same feeling & it ain't good , and you do indeed ask yourself why ! ..... More & More People are hearing the band these days , and cd sales and chart positions are healthy , So if The Street Team Has Helped in any Little Way , we've all done what we set out to do ....... Promote Joe & His Band's Music

.................................... Michael

I Need a Drink .. Shred Let's Toast To That .... I've Got My Gordon's Sloe Gin with Real Lemonade on Ice in a Tall Hi Ball Glass  ...... Cheers

Happy Yule Y'all

You definitely don't want to overdo it. In my experience, people will just look at you, go "Ok...," and cut a wide swath to avoid you.

I tend to take a laid-back approach. I tell my friends, I have it cranked everywhere I go, if I get into a discussion with someone on music, I'll be sure to put his name in there. But that's just me. I've turned quite a few onto him doing it this way. But that's just my way.

I got to say I feel your pain my friends.I've burned many cd's for people.After I get a feel for what they like artist wise,I then find some tracks to give them a sample of. I am giving a cd to my sister who has never heard a lick of Joe's music.She is 48 with a husband and a 15 yr. old daughter.They are laid back churchgoing people who like Bruce Springsteen.Song list: UNBROKEN,ASKING AROUND FOR YOU,WAITING FOR ME,BLACK NIGHT,TRAVELLIN SOUTH,MY MISTAKE,WILD ABOUT YOU BABY,MAN OF MANY WORDS,TROUBLE WAITING,SO ITS LIKE THAT,LONG DISTANCE BLUES,YOU UPSET ME BABY,MOUNTAIN TIME,WHEN SHE DANCES, I DONT LIVE ANYWHERE,BLUES DELUXE,FAUX MANTINI,REVENGE OF THE 10 GALLON HAT and SO MANY ROADS. Some of Joe's "easy listening" tunes. Im looking at the list and thinking "hmm, how can there only be 2 songs from YOU & ME and 1 from SLOE GIN on here. A couple of reasons why;except for so many roads and blues deluxe,most all of the songs are about 4 mins. long or less.I would love to put sloe gin on it but its 8 mins. long and I dont know if their attention span is that long( I know that each are over7 mins. long but BLUES DELUXE and SO MANY ROADS HAD to make the list). Also I know the orig. version says "F'in" lonely,but I dont think my sis even wants "damn" or "aint even high" on there either because of her daughters prescious ears.Another song not making it is around the bend.I dont want my niece asking what "tasted the honey and dew"means.Maybe I'm just being paranoid ??? Anyhow I think its a good mix to start with.On the other hand,a guy i golf with,who i never knew until recently was into music,who's all time fave band is Led Zeppelin is getting a cd with:TEA FOR ONE,THE RIVER,HIGH WATER EVERYWHERE,SO MANY ROADS,BRIDGE TO BETTER DAYS,ANOTHER KIND OF LOVE,ONE OF THESE DAYS,BALL PEEN HAMMER,SLOE GIN,BURNING HELL, A NEW DAY YESTERDAY,HAD TO CRY TODAY and PAIN AND SORROW.Alot more harder edge than my sis' cd. He is acustomed to the longer 8-10 min. "Zeplike" jams and will drop the "F" bomb at any minute,so lyrical content was no issue with him.OK now if I havent put you to sleep yet,I guess what I'm saying is that my best course of action as far as recruiting people has been find out their style and turn them onto what you think suits them. NOT songs that might be your particular fave that day(because we all know how that changes). Everyones different.I always ask that they save it on their computer and pass the disc onto a friend or co worker or whomever may enjoy it.    CLASS,ATTENTION...ATTENTION CLASS....CLA...WAAAAKKKEEE UUUPPPPP.....thank you

Hey Shred:

It is a lot like sales. The more you thro out there, the more will come back to ya. Maybe not today, tomorrow, or next year, but it does come back to you.
I think would just kick back with a cold one or two and think about the friends, besides J Dawg, that have brightened your life in some way. The folks you meet promoting and attending Joe Bonamassa Band shows are some of the greatest people on earth. We are all one kindred spirit. The more people that are aware of our band, the higher the chances of making a new fan, who can then tell others about what they have witnessed.

Very few things that are more rewarding that promoting kick a$$ musicians where ever you can.

RockinRon

sounds like a new word for the bonadictionary. The bonamafia.We can remake Goodfellas.Boanafellas starring Robert Di Nero as Shredit the boss of the California street teamsters.